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Spoon
John Coney (American, 1655 or 1656–1722)
about 1690
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall (length): 19.5cm (7 11/16in.)
Credit Line
John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession Number24.444
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver flatware
DescriptionOval bowl with rat-tail drop, beaded, surrounded by elaborate scroll design. Flat handle with trifid tip.
Marks
Marked I[pellet]C fleur-de-lis below in shaped heart on bowl and twice on back of handle
InscriptionsEngraved W/ IE for Joshua and Elizabeth Winslow in block letters on back of tip and in later script on front of stem: 1st Ch. T. by S. Winslow 1790
ProvenanceJoshua and Elizabeth (Savage) Winslow, m. 1720. To Sarah Tyng (b. 1720), daughter of Col. Eleazer and Sarah (Alford) Tyng, m. John Winslow (Joshua's brother), Sept.4, 1760. 1790, gift of Sarah Tyng to First Church in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, which became First Parish, Unitarian; Febrary 24, 1911, lent by First Parish, Unitarian to MFA. November 1924, purchased by MFA at the sale of the James A Garland Collection, American Art Gallery, NY for $100.